I'm here
Move: Went surprisingly smoothly. I definitely recommend Movetastic for moving services in Chicago. Fast, courteous, reasonably priced. Just really cool guys. Got everything to GR and unloaded a week ago. Have spent the last week painting (er, yeah, the brothers didn't get quite as much done as I'd hoped), unpacking, spending money on furniture, catching up with GR folks, etc. Hope to get most of the place sorted by this week...still so much to do it makes my head spin.
Farewell to Chicago: I don't know that it's really hit me yet that I'm no longer a Chicago resident. I was there Saturday to Sunday to get the hair done (not changing stylists, damn it), go out to Panic to say goodbye, and pack up/throw out what was left in the apartment. Panic was bittersweet, for sure. But I know I will be back often, and I hope that everyone who said they'd come up to visit will do so. Leaving the Chicago apartment wasn't hard at all - things have been so noisy/ridiculous there in the past couple of years that I was so ready to go. So, perhaps it will hit me soon that I am a Grand Rapidian again...but I will always be a Chicagoan, too (and a Londoner - some places just feel like home, eh?).
Farewell to Chicago: I don't know that it's really hit me yet that I'm no longer a Chicago resident. I was there Saturday to Sunday to get the hair done (not changing stylists, damn it), go out to Panic to say goodbye, and pack up/throw out what was left in the apartment. Panic was bittersweet, for sure. But I know I will be back often, and I hope that everyone who said they'd come up to visit will do so. Leaving the Chicago apartment wasn't hard at all - things have been so noisy/ridiculous there in the past couple of years that I was so ready to go. So, perhaps it will hit me soon that I am a Grand Rapidian again...but I will always be a Chicagoan, too (and a Londoner - some places just feel like home, eh?).